WO2000073659A1 - Apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of scroll compressor - Google Patents

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WO2000073659A1
WO2000073659A1 PCT/KR2000/000133 KR0000133W WO0073659A1 WO 2000073659 A1 WO2000073659 A1 WO 2000073659A1 KR 0000133 W KR0000133 W KR 0000133W WO 0073659 A1 WO0073659 A1 WO 0073659A1
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Phill Whan Kim
Young Bae Lee
Byung Ha Ahn
Sung Jun Lee
Hong Gyun Jin
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Lg Electronics Inc.
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C28/00—Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C28/28—Safety arrangements; Monitoring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C23/00—Combinations of two or more pumps, each being of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type, specially adapted for elastic fluids; Pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids; Multi-stage pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C23/008—Hermetic pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C28/00—Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C28/10—Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids characterised by changing the positions of the inlet or outlet openings with respect to the working chamber
    • F04C28/16—Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids characterised by changing the positions of the inlet or outlet openings with respect to the working chamber using lift valves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/02—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F04C18/0207—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F04C18/0215—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form where only one member is moving

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor, and in particular, to an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor by which even if a compressor is continuously operated in a state that coolant does not flow into an inlet of a suction tube as the suction tube is clogged the coolant is partially leaked to a low pressure chamber, so that the inside of the compressor is not reduced to an ultra-vacuum state
  • compressors in use for air conditioners or refrigerators serves to convert a mechanic energy to a compression energy of a compressible fluid
  • Compressors mainly include a reciprocating type compressor, a scroll type compressor, a centrifugal type compressor (normally called a turbo type compressor), and a vane type compressor (normally called rotary type compressor)
  • the scroll compressor sucks and compresses gas by using a rotor to discharge it, which is like the centrifugal compressor or the vane compressor
  • the reciprocating compressor uses a linear movement of a piston for the same purpose
  • the scroll compressor includes a low pressure scroll compressor or a high pressure scroll compressor depending on whether a suction gas is filled inside a closed container or a discharge gas is filled therein
  • a fixing scroll 5 is combined by a bolt 5' at the upper side of the upper frame 4, and an orbiting scroll 7 is rotatably combined with the fixing scroll 5 at the lower side thereof, having a plurality of compressive chambers for _ ⁇ compressing a coolant sucked from the suction tube 1
  • An oil feeder 16 is installed at the lower portion of the drive shaft 13 to pump oil 15 filled at the lower portion of inside the closed container 3
  • a slide bush 19 is insertedly formed at the eccentric portion 13b of the drive shaft 13, which is varied in the radial direction and receives a rotational force of the drive shaft 13 in the tangential direction
  • An Oldham's ring 21 a rotation-preventing unit, is combined at the lower portion of the orbiting scroll 6 to prevent the orbiting scroll 6 from rotating
  • a coolant gas filled in the compressive chambers 7 by being sucked through the inlet 5a placed at one side of the fixing scroll 5 is moved toward the center of the scrolls 5 and 6 by the continuous turning movement of the scrolls 5 and 6 While being moved, its volume is reduced to be compressed, discharged through the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 and passed through the high and low pressure separating plate 8 to flow into the high pressure chamber 10 And this coolant gas flown into the high pressure chamber 14 is introduced to a condensor (not shown) through the discharge tube 2
  • the back pressure valve 12 is forced to open so as to discharge a portion of the coolant to the low pressure chamber 14, so that an abnormal over-compression can be prevented from occurring
  • the oil 15 is pumped by the oil feeder installed at the lower end portion of the drive shaft 13 and supplied upwardly through the oil passage 13a, so that a friction resistance of a trust face 4a of the upper frame 4 that contacts the orbiting scroll 6 is reduced
  • the scroll compressor of the conventional art has the following problem That is, in the abnormal pressure condition due to the over- compression, the gas can be moved by the back pressure valve But, in case that a pipe line through which the coolant is circulated is partially clogged and thus the coolant is prevented from sucking to the sucking tube, though the compression is continuously made in the compressive chamber, the pressure of the high pressure chamber does not go beyond a pre-set pressure at which the back pressure valve is operated Consequently, the inside of the compressor becomes a vacuum state, and if this vacuum state is
  • Figure 2 shows another example of a scroll compressor in accordance with a conventional art
  • the check valve 30 serves in a manner that the gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flows back to be introduced into the compressive chamber 7 formed by the wraps W1 and W2 of the fixing scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 6 through the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5, to thereby reversely rotate the orbiting scroll 6, so that the wraps W1 and W2 can be prevented from damaging and a noise does not occur Besides, in order to prevent a degradation of the compression efficiency, the check valve 30 clogs the outlet 5b to thereby prevent the orbiting scroll 6 from reversely rotating against reverse discharging Meanwhile, the coolant gas compressed in the compressive chamber
  • a service valve (not shown) is installed to connect an indoor device and an outdoor device
  • the scroll compressor is started in a state that the service valve is locked up, the coolant gas being introduced to the low pressure side gradually dies away, pushing into a high vacuum state resulting in that a drive motor is exposed in the high vacuum, so as to be damaged due to the vacuum discharge, the temperature of the discharge gas goes up due to the high compression ratio and the compressive unit is abraded due to shortage in supply of oil
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for preventing vacuum generation of a scroll compressor which is capable of preventing the inside of the compressor from becoming a vacuum state as well as preventing a trust face from abrading
  • Figure 19B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
  • a high pressure connection hole 123 and a low pressure connection hole 124 are respectively formed at both sides of the balance mass 121
  • the high pressure connection hole 123 renders the cylinder 120 to communicate .
  • the low pressure chamber connection hole 124 renders the cylinder 120 to communicate with a low pressure chamber 14
  • a communicating portion 125 is formed at one side of the upper portion of the balance mass 121 , rendering the upper end portion of the cylinder 120 to communicate with the low pressure chamber 14 5
  • the coolant flow groove 121 a is formed at a predetermined portion of the balance mass 121 at the same height of both of the high pressure chamber connection hole 123 and the low pressure chamber connection hole 124 from the bottom of the cylinder 120, so that when the balance mass 121 is positioned at the lower portion inside the cylinder 120, the coolant of the : c high pressure chamber 10 can flow into the low pressure chamber 14 through the coolant flow groove 121 a
  • the pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 420 is balanced with the force adding the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 430 applied to the back side and the compression load (PI x A) of the low pressure chamber 14, so that the valve member 420 blocks the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a In this manner, the high pressure gas of the high pressure chamber
  • the drive motor 17 of the compressor is constantly rotated, so that the operation that the compressor is vacuum- pressured and released from the vacuum-compression state by the vacuum prevention unit 400 is repeatedly performed, according to which the valve member 420 performs a successive reciprocal movement with a certain frequency within the valve housing 410
  • the compressive chamber 7 as well as the low pressure chamber 14 of the closed container 3 is prevented from vacuumizi ⁇ g, and thus, damage of the hermetic terminal due to a vacuum compression can be prevented And parts are prevented from degrading caused when the compression mechanism unit is re-compressed, and thus, reliability of the compressor is improved
  • Figure 19A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 19B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
  • the inside of the compressor is prevented from being an ultra vacuum state by moving the coolant of the high pressure chamber to the low pressure chamber of the inlet so that a motor is protected from breaking down due to a short that may occur in case that the inside of the compressor becomes an ultra vacuum state and

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Abstract

An apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor comprising: a suction tube and a discharge tube each combined to one side of a closed container filled with oil to an adequate height; a fixing scroll having a wrap and a coolant inlet and an outlet; a high and low pressure separating plate installed at the upper side of the fixing scroll, dividing the inside of the closed container into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber, the high and low pressure separating plate having a gas discharge hole at its central portion; an orbiting scroll having a plurality of compressive chambers for compressing a sucked coolant by being rotably engaged with the wrap of the fixing scroll at the lower side of the fixing scroll, and having a wrap for rendering each compressive chamber to have different pressure to be successively moved as being turned; and a high vacuum preventing unit installed at the inner side of the body of the fixing scroll.

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APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING VACUUM COMPRESSION OF SCROLL COMPRESSOR
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor, and in particular, to an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor by which even if a compressor is continuously operated in a state that coolant does not flow into an inlet of a suction tube as the suction tube is clogged the coolant is partially leaked to a low pressure chamber, so that the inside of the compressor is not reduced to an ultra-vacuum state
BACKGROUND ART
Generally, compressors in use for air conditioners or refrigerators serves to convert a mechanic energy to a compression energy of a compressible fluid Compressors mainly include a reciprocating type compressor, a scroll type compressor, a centrifugal type compressor (normally called a turbo type compressor), and a vane type compressor (normally called rotary type compressor) Among them, the scroll compressor sucks and compresses gas by using a rotor to discharge it, which is like the centrifugal compressor or the vane compressor Unlikely, the reciprocating compressor uses a linear movement of a piston for the same purpose
The scroll compressor includes a low pressure scroll compressor or a high pressure scroll compressor depending on whether a suction gas is filled inside a closed container or a discharge gas is filled therein
Figure 1 shows a general low pressure scroll compressor in use for the air conditioners or the refrigerators 5 As shown in the drawing, the upper and the lower frames 4 and 4' are fixedly installed at the upper and lower portion of the inside a closed container 3 A suction tube 1 for sucking a coolant gas and a discharge tube 2 for discharging the high pressured coolant gas are respectively installed at one side of the closed container 3 : _ A drive motor 17 consisting of a stator 20 and a rotor 18 is fixedly installed between the upper frame 4 and the lower frame 4'
A fixing scroll 5 is combined by a bolt 5' at the upper side of the upper frame 4, and an orbiting scroll 7 is rotatably combined with the fixing scroll 5 at the lower side thereof, having a plurality of compressive chambers for _ Ξ compressing a coolant sucked from the suction tube 1
A wrap W1 is formed in an involute shape at the inner surface of the fixing scroll 5, and an inlet 5a is formed at the outermost side of the wrap W1 , communicating with the suction tube 1 An output 5b is formed at the upper side of the central portion of the closed container, communicating with the 20 discharge tube 2
A wrap W2 is engaged to be revolved on the inner surface of the orbiting scroll 6 in the fixing scroll 5
At the lower side of the orbiting scroll 6, a drive shaft 13 is combined at the central portion of the rotor 18, penetrating the upper frame 4 The drive shaft 13 is provided with an oil passage 13a formed to penetrate the central portion in the lengthy direction and an eccentric portion 3b formed at the upper portion thereof
An oil feeder 16 is installed at the lower portion of the drive shaft 13 to pump oil 15 filled at the lower portion of inside the closed container 3
A slide bush 19 is insertedly formed at the eccentric portion 13b of the drive shaft 13, which is varied in the radial direction and receives a rotational force of the drive shaft 13 in the tangential direction An Oldham's ring 21 a rotation-preventing unit, is combined at the lower portion of the orbiting scroll 6 to prevent the orbiting scroll 6 from rotating
A high pressure and low pressure separating plate 8 is fixedly installed at the upper side of the fixing scroll 5 by a plurality of bolts 22 A gas discharge hole 8a is formed at the central portion of the upper side of the fixing scroll 5 The inside of the closed container 3 is divided into a high pressure chamber 10 and a low pressure chamber 14 by the high and low pressure separating plate 8 At one side of the high and low pressure separating plate 8, a back pressure valve 12 is combined to partially discharge the gas of the high pressure chamber 10
A discharge chamber 23 is formed at the upper portion of the high and low pressure separating plate 8, communicating with the gas discharge hole 8a and the discharge tube 2 At the side of the discharge hole 5b a bypass hole 25 is formed to be connected with an intermediate pressure 24 formed between the fixing scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 6 A bypass valve 26 is installed at the upper side of an inlet of the upper portion of the bypass hole 25
The operation of the scroll compressor of the conventional art constructed as described above will now be explained
When the rotor 18 is rotated by an applied current, the drive shaft 13 is rotated as being eccentric as long as the eccentric distance of the eccentπc portion 13b according to the rotation of the rotor 18, so that the orbiting scroll 6 is circularly moved
Prevented from rotating by the Oldham's ring 21 that is, the rotating- prevention unit, the orbiting scroll 6 makes turning movement centering around the drive shaft 13 drawing a turning circle at a distance apart as long as the turning radius At this time, as the orbiting scroll 6 makes turning movement at the distance apart as long as the turning radius, a plurality of compressive chambers 7 are formed between the fixing scroll 5 and the two wraps W1 and W2
Accordingly, a coolant gas filled in the compressive chambers 7 by being sucked through the inlet 5a placed at one side of the fixing scroll 5 is moved toward the center of the scrolls 5 and 6 by the continuous turning movement of the scrolls 5 and 6 While being moved, its volume is reduced to be compressed, discharged through the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 and passed through the high and low pressure separating plate 8 to flow into the high pressure chamber 10 And this coolant gas flown into the high pressure chamber 14 is introduced to a condensor (not shown) through the discharge tube 2
At this time in case that the pressure of the coolant being discharged
Δ to the high pressure chamber 10 is too high, the back pressure valve 12 is forced to open so as to discharge a portion of the coolant to the low pressure chamber 14, so that an abnormal over-compression can be prevented from occurring In addition, when the drive shaft 13 is rotated, the oil 15 is pumped by the oil feeder installed at the lower end portion of the drive shaft 13 and supplied upwardly through the oil passage 13a, so that a friction resistance of a trust face 4a of the upper frame 4 that contacts the orbiting scroll 6 is reduced However the scroll compressor of the conventional art has the following problem That is, in the abnormal pressure condition due to the over- compression, the gas can be moved by the back pressure valve But, in case that a pipe line through which the coolant is circulated is partially clogged and thus the coolant is prevented from sucking to the sucking tube, though the compression is continuously made in the compressive chamber, the pressure of the high pressure chamber does not go beyond a pre-set pressure at which the back pressure valve is operated Consequently, the inside of the compressor becomes a vacuum state, and if this vacuum state is maintained for a certain time the inside of the compressor becomes ultra-vacuum state causing a short in a charging portion of the drive motor due to degradation of electric insulation, resulting in a high possibility that the drive motor is damaged and an electric shock occurs due to a leakage current
In addition, since oil is not sufficiently supplied to the trust face of the upper frame contacting the orbiting scroll at the initial state of driving the compressor, the contacting portion is easily abraded
Figure 2 shows another example of a scroll compressor in accordance with a conventional art
In describing the scroll compressor, the same reference numerals are given for the same elements as in Figure 1 , for which descriptions are omitted
As shown in the drawing, a valve stopper 3a is combined at the central portion of the upper surface of the fixing scroll 5, communicating with an outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 A check valve 30 is installed inside the valve stopper 3a to control flowing of the coolant gas of high temperature and high pressure as compressed in the compressive chamber 7, for which the check valve 30 is moved upwardly and downwardly along a guide face 'G' of the inner side of the valve stopper 3a to open and close the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 1 a
A discharge hole 3a' is formed at the upper surface of the valve stopper 3a
The operation of another example of the scroll compressor of the conventional art constructed as described above will now be explained
According to the scroll compressor of the another example in case that the scroll compressor stops operating for a short time and starts operating, the check valve 30 serves in a manner that the gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flows back to be introduced into the compressive chamber 7 formed by the wraps W1 and W2 of the fixing scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 6 through the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5, to thereby reversely rotate the orbiting scroll 6, so that the wraps W1 and W2 can be prevented from damaging and a noise does not occur Besides, in order to prevent a degradation of the compression efficiency, the check valve 30 clogs the outlet 5b to thereby prevent the orbiting scroll 6 from reversely rotating against reverse discharging Meanwhile, the coolant gas compressed in the compressive chamber
7 pushes up the check valve 30 placed at the front end through the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5, so as to be discharged At this time, the check valve is moved along the inner wall of the valve stopper 3a to start a stroke and as the compressor is continuously being operated, the check valve is placed in a raised position, maintaining contacting the face of the upper end portion of the valve stopper 3a
Since the check valve 30 is placed in the raised position while the compressor is operated, the compressed coolant gas is discharged through the discharge hole 3a' of the valve stopper 3a When the compressor stops operating the discharge gas filled in the upper portion of the closed container 3 apples a force to the upper surface of the check valve 30 through the discharge hole 3a' of the valve stopper 3a, then, the check valve 30 rapidly close the discharge hole 5b of the fixing scroll 5, thereby preventing the discharge gas from flowing back However
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the scroll compressor according to the second conventional art has a structure that in case that the compressor keeps operating in a state that the coolant does not flow into the inlet, the high-pressured discharge gas won't be bypassed toward the low pressure side for which there is no device or structure provided in preparation for occurrence of vacuum at the suction side possibly caused when a cooling cycle is interrupted
Accordingly, for the products adopting the scroll compressor a service valve (not shown) is installed to connect an indoor device and an outdoor device In this respect, if the scroll compressor is started in a state that the service valve is locked up, the coolant gas being introduced to the low pressure side gradually dies away, pushing into a high vacuum state resulting in that a drive motor is exposed in the high vacuum, so as to be damaged due to the vacuum discharge, the temperature of the discharge gas goes up due to the high compression ratio and the compressive unit is abraded due to shortage in supply of oil
In addition if such abnormal operation of the compressor is continued for a long time, vacuum of the low pressure chamber and the compressive chamber that is the suction pressure region, is accelerated resulting in that a hermetic terminal (not shown) is damaged due to the vacuum compression or tip-sealing is degraded due to the re-compression by the compressive unit to be broken down Thus, a reliability of the compressor is inevitably degraded
TECHNICAL GIST OF THE PESENT INVENTION
Thus in order to overcome the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for preventing vacuum
compression of a scroll compressor which is capable of preventing the inside of a compressor from being an ultra vacuum state when a pipe line is clogged so that its drive motor can be prevented from breaking down, the temperature of a discharge gas due to a high compression ratio can be prevented from increasing and a compressive unit can be protected by being successively supplied with oil
Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor which is capable of preventing a vacuum compression of a compressor by using an intermediate pressure
Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for preventing vacuum generation of a scroll compressor which is capable of preventing the inside of the compressor from becoming a vacuum state as well as preventing a trust face from abrading
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve the above objects, there is provided an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor including a suction tube and a discharge tube each combined to one side of a closed container filled with oil to an adequate height, a fixing scroll having a wrap and a coolant inlet and an outlet, a high and low pressure separating plate installed at the upper side of the fixing scroll, dividing the inside of the closed container into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber, the high and low pressure separating plate having a gas discharge hole at its central portion an orbiting scroll having a plurality of compressive chambers for compressing a sucked coolant by being rotatably engaged with the wrap of the fixing scroll at the lower side of the fixing scroll, and having a wrap for rendering each compressive chamber to have different pressure to be successively moved as being turned, and a high vacuum preventing unit installed at the inner side of the body of the fixing scroll
In order to achieve the above objects, there is also provided an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in which the fixing scroll and the orbiting scroll are rotated in the compressive chamber to compress a coolant and oil supplied through an oil passage is supplied to a trust face of an upper frame of the scroll compressor as a drive shaft is being rotated including a back pressure line formed at the orbiting scroll so that a compressive chamber can communicate with the trust face to discharge a portion of the coolant gas compressed in the compressive chamber of the scroll compressor to the low pressure chamber
In order to achieve the above objects, there is also provided an apparatus for preventing vacuum generation of a scroll compressor in which a valve stopper is combined to the upper portion of a discharge hole formed at the fixing scroll, a check valve is installed in the scroll compressor to be moved upwardly and downwardly along a guide face of the inside of the valve stopper to control flowing of the coolant gas of high pressure and high temperature compressed in the compressive chamber, to open and close the discharge hole of the fixing scroll, including a mutually communicating bypass hole for by-passing a high pressured coolant gas to a low pressure side at the time when the check valve closes the discharge hole of the fixing scroll BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a vertical-sectional view showing one example of a scroll compressor in accordance with a conventional art,
Figure 2 is a vertical-sectional view showing another example of a scroll compressor in accordance with a conventional art,
Figure 3 is a vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with first embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 4 is a detailed sectional view of the portion 'IV of Figure 3 in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 5A is a sectional view showing an operation in case that the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor is normally performed in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention
Figure 5B is a sectional view showing an operation when the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor is performed in vacuum in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 6 is a sectional view of a modified apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 7A is a view showing a normal operation of the modified apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor of Figure 6 in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention
Figure 7B is a view showing an operation in a vacuum compression of Figure 6 in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention
Figure 8 is a graph showing a pressure line of a compressor adopting 5 the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 9 is a vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention 10 Figure 10 is a vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 11 is a vertical-sectional view showing one modification of an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in _ 5 accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention
Figure 12 is a vertical-sectional view showing another modification of an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 13 is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for 2 C preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 14 is an enlarged view showing a 'XIV portion of Figure 13 of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention, Figure 15A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention 5 Figure 15B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 16A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum
1 o compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 16B is an explanatory view for showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the _ 5 present invention
Figure 17 is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 18 is an enlarged view of the 'XVIII' of Figure 17 in accordance
20 with the fifth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 19A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
Figure 19B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 20A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 20B is an explanatory view for showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 21 is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 22 is a plan view of a fixing scroll of apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 23 is an enlarged view of the 'XXIM' portion of Figure 21 in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 24A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention
Figure 24B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention,
1 A Figure 25A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention, 5 Figure 25B is an explanatory view for showing an abnormal operation
(high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 26A is a plan view of a fixing scroll in a modification of the _ o apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and
Figure 26B is a vertical-sectional view of the fixing scroll in a modification of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention
MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings 2 The same elements as in Figure 1 of the conventional art will be given the same reference numerals, description for which are omitted
As shown in Figures 3 through 5B, the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention is constructed as follows A cylinder 120 is formed at the inner side of the fixing scroll 5 in the vertical direction
A balance mass 121 is slidably installed inside the cylinder 120 and a coolant flow groove 121a is formed at a predetermined portion of the outer circumferential surface of the balance mass 121 An intermediate pressure 5 hole 122 is formed at the lower side of the balance mass, to connect the bottom surface of the cylinder 120 and a bypass hole 25
A high pressure connection hole 123 and a low pressure connection hole 124 are respectively formed at both sides of the balance mass 121 The high pressure connection hole 123 renders the cylinder 120 to communicate . : with a high pressure chamber 10, and the low pressure chamber connection hole 124 renders the cylinder 120 to communicate with a low pressure chamber 14 A communicating portion 125 is formed at one side of the upper portion of the balance mass 121 , rendering the upper end portion of the cylinder 120 to communicate with the low pressure chamber 14 5 The coolant flow groove 121 a is formed at a predetermined portion of the balance mass 121 at the same height of both of the high pressure chamber connection hole 123 and the low pressure chamber connection hole 124 from the bottom of the cylinder 120, so that when the balance mass 121 is positioned at the lower portion inside the cylinder 120, the coolant of the : c high pressure chamber 10 can flow into the low pressure chamber 14 through the coolant flow groove 121 a
The operation of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above will now be explained When power is supplied and a rotor 18 of a drive motor 17 is rotated a drive shaft 13 fixed at the rotor 18 is rotated, according to which the orbiting scroll 6 combined to the eccentric portion 13b of the drive shaft 13 is rotated As the orbiting scroll 6 is rotated, the coolant gas sucked into the compressive chamber 7 through the suction tube 1 is compressed in the compressive chamber 7 that is formed when the fixing scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 6 are rotated The compressed coolant gas of high pressure is discharged to the discharge chamber 23 through the outlet 5b and sent to the condenser through the discharge tube 2 connectedly installed at the discharge chamber 23
In the above normal operation, since the balance mass 121 is moved upwardly within the cylinder 120 by the coolant gas pressure of the intermediate pressure hole 122, coolant movement from the high pressure chamber 10 to the low pressure chamber 14 does not occur That is according to the position of the balance mass 121 within the cylinder 120, the coolant may flow from the high pressure chamber 10 to the low pressure chamber 14 or not The balance mass 121 is mainly influenced by the intermediate pressure of the coolant flown into the intermediate pressure hole 122 and the suction pressure working at the upper side of the balance mass 121 through the communicating portion 125
The operation of the balance mass 121 will now be described in detail Assuming that the force working on the balance mass 121 is F', the intermediate pressure is 'Pm1 ', the suction pressure is 'Ps1 ', the balance weight is M the force pushing the balance mass through the intermediate pressure hole is 'Fm', the force pushing down the balance mass by the suction pressure is 'Fs', the self weight of the balance mass is 'Fb(M)' the discharge pressure is 'Pd1 , the diameter of the balance mass is 'D', and the
friction force is 'μ', the following formulas are obtained F = Pm1 - Ps1 - M
F = Fm - Fs - Fb - (μ Pd1 x area)
Fm = Pm1 x πD2/4
Fs = Ps1 x πD2/r
F = (Pm1 - Ps1 ) x πD2/4 - M - μPdl For example,
D = 0 03m, M = 1 kgf, Pm1 = 15 kgf/cm2, Ps1 = 5 kgf/cm2, Fu = μPdl x area
F = (15 - 5) x 1002 x π0 032/4 - 1 - Fμ
In case where F = 69 7 kgf - Fμ > 0, the balance mass 121 is attached at the upper portion inside the cylinder 120, as shown in Figure 5B and the coolant is blocked from flowing from the high pressure chamber 10 to the low pressure chamber 14
That is, during the normal operation as shown by the pressure line in Figure 8, the balance mass is pushed up by the compressed intermediate pressure (Pm1 ), so that there is no need to flow the coolant from the high pressure chamber 10 to the low pressure chamber 14
However in case that a portion of the pipe line is clogged and thus the compressive chamber 7 is vacuumized. assuming that the intermediate pressure is 'Pm2' and suction pressure is 'Ps2, since the intermediate pressure and the suction pressure are similar to each other as shown in the graph of Figure 8, Prm2 - Ps2 = 0 kgf/cm2
Accordingly, since -1 kgf + Fμ < 0, the balance mass 121 dropped
5 down to the low side of the cylinder 120, as shown in Figure 5, due to the self weight of the balance mass 121 , so that the coolant of the high pressure chamber 10 is bypassed to the low pressure chamber through the coolant flow groove 121 a of the balance mass 121
Therefore the coolant that was bypassed toward the low pressure 0 chamber 14 is compressed again in the compressive chamber 7, thereby preventing the ultra vacuum state
Figure 6 is a sectional view of a modified apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention _ _ As shown in the drawing, its basic structure is the same as that of
Figure 4 except a spring 130 installed at the upper portion within the cylinder 120 to elastically support the balance mass 121 downwardly, so that when the balance mass 121 is to be moved downwardly, the spring 130 pushes it regularly 20 In case of the installation of the spring 130, assuming that force of the spring is 'Fk'
F = Pm1 - Ps1 - M - Fk
F = Fm - Fs - Fb - Fk - (μPdl x area)
Fm = Pm1 x πD2/4 Fs = Ps1 x πD2/4
Fk = k x m2 ( 2- displacement m)
F = (Pm1 - Ps1 ) x πD2/4 - M - km2 - μPdl
For example,
D = 0 03m, M = 1 kgf, k x m2 = 2 kgf, Pm1 = 15 kgf/cm2, Ps1 = 5 kgf/cm2
Fμ = μPdl x area
F = (15-5) x 1002 x πO 032/4 - I - 2 - Fμ
In case that F = 67.7 kgf - Fμ > 0, it signifies the normal operation that the pipe line is not clogged. In this state, as shown in Figure 7B, the balance mass 121 is attached to the upper portion, overcoming the force pushed by the spring 130 inside the cylinder 120, and the coolant is blocked from flowing from the high pressure chamber 10 to the low pressure chamber 14
That is, as shown Figure 8 illustrating a graph of the pressure line, in the normal operation, since the balance mass 121 is pushed up by the intermediate pressure Pm1 , the coolant of the high pressure chamber 10 does not need to be flown to the low pressure chamber 14.
Meanwhile, in case that a portion of the pipe line is clogged and thus the compressive chamber 7 is vacuumized, since the intermediate pressure and the suction pressure are similar to each other as shown in the graph of
Figure 8. Pm2 - Ps2 = 0 kgf/cm2. Thus, -3 kgf + Fμ < 0, so that the balance mass 121 is moved downwardly in the cylinder 120 as shown in Figure 7A due to the self weight and the force pushed by the spring 130 Then, the coolant of the high pressure chamber 10 is bypassed toward the low pressure chamber 14 through the coolant flow groove 121 a of the balance mass 121 and the coolant bypassed to the low pressure chamber 14 is compressed again in the compressive chamber 7, thereby preventing ultra vacuum state from occurring
Accordingly, by adjustably dropping down the balance mass 121 in the cylinder 120 by adjusting the weight of the balance mass 121 or controlling the elastic modulus of the spring 130, even through the pipe line is clogged the compressor is prevented from being an ultra vacuum state at a proper time, so that the equipment can be prevented from sudden-downing
An apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention will now be described
In describing the scroll compressor, the same reference numerals are given for the same elements as in Figure 1 , for which descriptions are omitted
The apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention is featured in that, as shown in Figure 9, a back pressure line 243 is formed inside the orbiting scroll 6, rendering the compressive chamber 7 to communicate with the trust face 4a of the upper frame 7, so that a portion of coolant of the compressive chamber 7 can be leaked to the low pressure chamber 14 through the back pressure line 243
A lower storage recess 244 is formed in a circle form at the upper
^ 1 surface of the upper frame 4, that is, at the low side of an outlet port of the back pressure line 243. to store oil included in the cold air leaked to the back pressure line 243
As for the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of scroll compressor in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention, during the normal operation, the coolant flown in the compressive chamber 7 through the suction tube 1 by the orbiting scroll 6 that is rotated according to the rotation of the drive shaft 13 is compressed in the compressive chamber 7, and the compressed coolant is discharged to the high pressure chamber 10 through the discharge hole 5b and the gas discharge hole 8a so as to be discharged through the discharge tube 2 The oil is supplied through the oil passage 13a formed at the drive shaft 13 to the friction surface such as the trust face 4a of the upper frame 4
Meanwhile, in the abnormal operation that the pipe is clogged and thus the coolant gas is not flown in while the compression is continuously being made in the compressive chamber 7, a portion of the coolant compressed in the compressive chamber 7 is leaked through the back pressure line 243, which is then leaked to the low pressure chamber 14 passing through the contact face between the upper frame 4 and the orbiting scroll 6, which is re- supplied to the compressive chamber 7, thereby preventing the vacuum state in the low pressure chamber 14
A very small quantity of oil included in the coolant that is discharged to the back pressure line 243 is stored in the lower storage recess 244 formed at the upper surface of the upper frame 4 The stored oil is supplied to the trust face 4a where the upper frame 4 and the orbiting scroll 6 contact each other so that it is sufficiently lubricated, and especially the abrasion due to a shortage of lubrication can be much reduced in the initial driving
The apparatus for preventing vacuum compression on scroll compressor in accordance with the third embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings
In describing the scroll compressor, the same reference numerals are given for the same elements as in Figure 2, for which descriptions are omitted As shown in Figure 10, at least one by-pass holes 306 and 307 are formed at the inner side of the valve stopper 3a combined at the upper side of the outlet 5b formed at the fixing scroll 5 installed in the scroll compressor The by-pass holes mutually communicate to bypass the high pressured coolant gas to the low pressure side at the time when the check valve 30 closes the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 The by-pass hole 306 that is formed at the inner side of the valve stopper 3a to be opened and closed by the check valve 30 is formed at such a position that it can be opened as the check valve 30 is lowered down and nears the fixing scroll 5
Tne operational principle of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor is based on the difference in the up and down displacement amount of the check valve 30 within the valve stopper 3a combined to the upper portion of the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 according to the pressure and the flow amount of the coolant gas when the sucked coolant gas is compressed and discharged through the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 When the suction path is clogged or the service valve is not opened in installment of the product, the flow amount of the compressed coolant gas becomes very small
At this time, the low pressure chamber 14 separated by the high pressure separating plate 9 combined at the upper surface of the fixing scroll 5 within the closed container 3 becomes a high vacuum state, and the pressure of the coolant gas and the discharge flow amount of the coolant gas serving to push up the check valve 30, are lowered down so that the check valve 30 is adhered near the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5 or is away as long as a very short distance
At this time, as the check valve 30 is lowered down, the by-pass hole 306 formed inner side of the valve stopper 3a is opened, the high-pressured coolant gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flows through the discharge hole 4a of the valve stopper 3a, the by-pass hole 306 and the by-pass hole 307 of the fixing scroll 5 to the low pressure chamber 14, so that the pressure of the low pressure chamber 14 is increased, thereby preventing a high vacuum or a high pressure ratio from occurring
During the normal operation of the scroll compressor, since the check valve 30 is raised due to the sufficient compressive gas flow amount and pressure, the by-pass hole 306 formed at the valve stopper 3a is blocked by the raised check valve 30, so that the normal operation can be performed without leaking coolant gas to the suction side
Figure 11 is a vertical-sectional view showing one modification of an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention This modification is featured in that a guide groove 310 is formed on which the check valve 30 is integrally mounted on the upper portion of the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll, so that when the coolant gas starts discharging after the check valve 30 goes completely off from the guide groove 310 integrally formed at the upper portion of the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5
That is, since a starting point for discharge of the coolant gas can be extended as deep as the guide groove 310, the displacement amount difference of the check valve 30 is made big, so that formation of a by-pass path can be easy and characteristics of the vacuum prevention operation can be improved.
Figure 12 is a vertical-sectional view showing another modification of an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the another modification is featured in that the guide groove 310 on which the check valve 30 is integrally mounted is formed at the upper side of the outlet 5b of the fixing scroll 5, and the plural by-pass holes are formed in different sizes at the inner side of the valve stopper 3a Accordingly, due to the pressure difference between the by-pass holes in difference sizes, the check valve 30 contacts one side of the inner side of the valve stopper 3a to be thereby moved stably And, leakage of high pressure coolant gas to an opening between the check valve 30 and the valve stopper 3a is prevented. Figure 13 is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 14 is an enlarged view showing a 'XIV portion of Figure 13 in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention
In descriptions for the fourth embodiment of the present invention the same reference numerals are given for the same elements as those in Figure 1 and descriptions therefor are omitted
The apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention is featured in that a high vacuum prevention unit 400 is provided at the fixing scroll 5 fixed at the upper frame 4 disposed inside the closed container 3
The high vacuum prevention unit 400 includes a valve housing 410 formed inside the body of the fixing scroll 5, a valve member 420 s dably inserted into the valve housing 410 to communicate or block the low pressure chamber 14, a suction pressure region of the closed container 3, and the high pressure chamber 10, a discharge pressure region of the closed container 3 and an elastic member 430 inserted between the valve housing 410 and the valve member 420 to add an elastic force to the sliding motion of the valve member 420
The valve housing 410 is formed to be a horizontal-directional valve drift space which is divided into a suction pressure space 411 and an intermediate pressure space 412 by the valve member 420 A first suction pressure-sided gas hole 411 a is formed at one side of the suction pressure space 411 , communicating with the low pressure chamber 14 of the closed container 3 and an intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 412 a is formed at the circumferential surface of the intermediate pressure space 412, 5 communicating with the intermediate pressure chamber 24, that is the intermediate pressure region of the closed container 3
A discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a is formed at the upper side of the circumferential surface of the valve housing 410, communicating with the high pressure chamber 10 of the closed container 3 The discharge- .0 pressure-sided gas hole 413a is opened and closed by the valve member 420
A C-πng 440 is inserted in the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing 410 or a protrusion (not shown) is formed, to prevent the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 412a from blocking by the valve member 430 5 The suction pressure-sided gas hole 411a is penetratingly formed to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing scroll 5 The intermediate press- sided gas hole 412a is penetratingly formed to the intermediate pressure chamber 24 among the plurality of compressive chambers formed by the orbiting scroll 6 and the fixing scroll 5 The discharge pressure gas hole 413a : o is penetratingly formed to the upper surface of the fixing scroll 5
A second suction press-sided gas hole 411 b may be additionally formed at the circumferential surface of the valve housing 410, which is opened and closed by the valve member 420 along with the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a It is preferred that the second suction pressure-sided gas hole 411 b is penetratingly formed to the low pressure chamber 14 among the plurality of compressive chambers formed by the orbiting scroll 6 and the fixing scroll 5
The valve member 420 is s dably inserted to the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing 410, and an 0-rιπg (not shown) is inserted to the outer circumferential surface for sealing with the valve housing 410
As a compressive coil spring, the elastic member 430 is introduced into the suction pressure space of the valve housing 410, or may be introduced to the intermediate pressure space 412 of the valve housing 410
The operation of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above will now be explained
Figure 15A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 15B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention
As shown in the drawings, during a normal operation of the compressor, since the coolant gas flows into the intermediate pressure space 412 of the valve housing 410 through the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 412a to push the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 430, the pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 420 is balanced with the force adding the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 430 applied to the back side and the compression load (PI x A) of the low pressure chamber 14, so that the valve member 420 blocks the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a In this manner, the high pressure gas of the high pressure chamber
10 flown to the suction pressure space 411 of the valve housing 410 through the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a is prevented from flowing back to the low pressure chamber 14 through the suction pressure-sided gas hole 411 a Figure 16A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 16B is an explanatory view for showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fourth embodiment of the present invention
As shown in the drawings, in case that the compressor is over- pressured or in case of pump down, the coolant gas of the low pressure chamber 14 and of the compressive chambers are wholly discharged to the high pressure chamber 10, rendering the intermediate pressure chamber 24 of the compressive chamber and the intermediate pressure space 412 of the valve housing 110 to be a vacuum state, and a pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 420 is smaller than the force adding the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 430 applied to the back side and the pressure load (PI x A) of the low pressure chamber 14 Thus, the valve member 420 is pushed to the C-πng 440 or the protrusion (not shown), opening the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a (or, together with other suction pressure-sided gas hole) At the same time, a portion of the discharge gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flows into the suction pressure space 411 of the valve housing 410 through the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a and then flows back to the low pressure chamber 14 through the suction pressure-sided gas hole 411 b so that the vacuum state of the compressor is released Thereafter, the valve member 420 overcomes the force adding the pressure load (PI x A) of the low pressure chamber 14 and the electric force (Fk) of the elastic member 430 by virtue of the coolant gas flown into the low pressure chamber 14, and is pushed back to the suction pressure space 411 , blocking the suction pressure-sided gas hole 411 a and the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 413a
Meanwhile, during the vacuum compression of the compressor as long as power is not turned off, the drive motor 17 of the compressor is constantly rotated, so that the operation that the compressor is vacuum- pressured and released from the vacuum-compression state by the vacuum prevention unit 400 is repeatedly performed, according to which the valve member 420 performs a successive reciprocal movement with a certain frequency within the valve housing 410 As described above, the compressive chamber 7 as well as the low pressure chamber 14 of the closed container 3 is prevented from vacuumiziπg, and thus, damage of the hermetic terminal due to a vacuum compression can be prevented And parts are prevented from degrading caused when the compression mechanism unit is re-compressed, and thus, reliability of the compressor is improved
Figure 17 is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention and Figure 18 is an enlarged view of the 'XVIi of Figure 17 in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
In descriptions for the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the same reference numerals are given for the same elements as those in Figures 15A and 15B, and descriptions therefor are omitted
In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, a valve housing 510 there are provided a valve member 520 and an elastic member 530 As shown in Figures 17 and 18, the valve housing 510 is a vertical-directional valve drift space that is divided into an intermediate pressure space 512 and a discharge pressure space 513 by the valve member 520
A suction pressure-sided gas hole 511 a is formed at the circumferential surface of the valve housing 510, being opened and closed by the circumferential surface of the valve member 520 to communicated with the low pressure chamber 14 of the closed container 3 An intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 512a is formed at the bottom of the intermediate pressure space 512, communicating with the intermediate pressure chamber 24 of the closed container 3 A discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a is formed at the upper surface of the discharge pressure space 513 communicating with the high pressure chamber 10 of the closed container 3 as well as being opened and closed by the valve member 520 The suction pressure-sided gas hole 511 a is penetratingly formed to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing scroll 5 The intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 512a is penetratingly formed to the intermediate pressure chamber 24 among the plurality of compressive chambers formed by the orbiting scroll 6 and the fixing scroll 5 And the discharge pressure gas hole 513a is penetratingly formed to the upper surface of the fixing scroll 5 The upper surface of the valve housing 510 is opened and closed by a circular housing stopper 540 At the central portion of the housing stopper 520 the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a is formed In this respect, it is preferred that the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a has a smaller diameter than the cross-sectional area of the suction pressure receiving face of the valve member 520
The valve member 520 is slidably inserted to the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing 510 and an O-ππg (not shown) is inserted to the outer circumferential surface for sealing with the valve housing 510 A protrusion 521 is formed at the upper surface corresponding to the inner end of the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a The volume protrusion 521 is slidably inserted into the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a reducing a dead volume
The elastic member 530 is inserted in the intermediate pressure space 512 of the valve housing 510 During a normal operation of the compressor it is preferred that the valve member 520 is adhered to the inner bottom surface of the housing stopper 540 so as to have the length of removal of the discharge pressure space 513 inside the valve housing 510 The operation of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention will now be explained with reference to Figures 19A and 19B
Figure 19A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention and Figure 19B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
As shown in the drawings, during a normal operation of the compressor the coolant gas flows into the intermediate pressure space 512 of the valve housing 510 through the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 512a to push the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 530, so that the force adding the pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 520 and the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 530 becomes greater than or the same as the pressure load (Ph x A) of the high pressure chamber 10 applied to the back side, resulting in that the valve member 520 blocks the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a
In this manner, the high pressure gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flown to the discharge pressure space 513 of the valve housing 510 through the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a is prevented from flowing back to the low pressure chamber 14 through the suction pressure-sided gas hole 511 a
At this time, the volume protrusion 521 of the valve member 520 is slidably inserted into the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a, reducing a dead volume of the high pressure chamber 10
Figure 20A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 20B is an explanatory view for showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention
As shown in the drawings, in case that the compressor is over- pressured or in case of pump down, the coolant gas of the low pressure chamber 14 and of the compressive chambers are wholly discharged to the high pressure chamber 10, rendering the intermediate pressure chamber of the compressive chamber and the intermediate pressure space 512 of the valve housing 510 to be a vacuum state, and a force adding the pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 520 and the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 530 becomes smaller than the pressure load (Ph x A) applied to the back side Resultantly, the valve member 520 is pushed to the intermediate pressure space 512 opening the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a
And, at the same time, a portion of the discharge gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flows into the discharge pressure space 513 of the valve housing 510 through the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a and then flows back to the low pressure chamber 14 through the suction pressure- sided gas hole 511 a, so that the vacuum state of the compressor is released
Thereafter, the valve member 520 overcomes the pressure load (Ph x A) of the high pressure chamber 10 by virtue of the coolant gas flown into the low pressure chamber 14, and is pushed back to the discharge pressure space 513, blocking again the suction pressure-sided gas hole 511 a and the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 513a
Meanwhile, during the vacuum compression of the compressor, as long as power is not turned off, the drive motor 17 of the compressor is constantly rotated, so that the operation that the compressor is vacuum- pressured and released from the vacuum-compression state by the vacuum prevention unit 500 is repeatedly performed, according to which the valve member 520 performs a successive reciprocal movement with a certain frequency within the valve housing 510
As described above, the compressive chamber as well as the low pressure chamber of the closed container is prevented from a vacuum state so that hermetic terminal is prevented from damaging possibly caused due to the vacuum state In addition, parts is prevented from degrading caused when the compression mechanism unit is re-compressed, and thus, reliability of the compressor is improved Figure 21 is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention, Figure 22 is a plan view of a fixing scroll of apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll 5 compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention and Figure 23 is an enlarged view of the 'XXIII' portion of Figure 21 in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention
In descriptions for the sixth embodiment of the present invention the same reference numerals are given for the same elements as those in o Figures 15A and 15B, and descriptions therefor are omitted
In the sixth embodiment of the present invention, a valve housing 610 there are provided a valve member 620 and an elastic member 630 As shown in Figures 21 to 23, the valve housing 610 is a vertical-directional valve drift space that is divided into an intermediate pressure space 611 and a 5 discharge pressure space 612 by the valve member 620
The suction pressure-sided gas hole 611 a is formed at the circumferential surface of the suction pressure space 611 , communicating with the low pressure changer 14 The intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 612a is formed at the bottom of the intermediate pressure space 612 : 0 communicating with the intermediate pressure chamber 24 of the closed chamber 3 A discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a is formed bent by 90° upwardly of the fixing scroll 5 at the circumferential surface of the valve housing 610 The discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a communicates with the high pressure chamber 10 of the closed container 3 and is opened and closed by the valve member 620.
The suction pressure-sided gas hole 611a is penetratingly formed to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing scroll 5, and the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 612a is penetratingly formed to the intermediate 5 pressure chamber 24 among the plurality of compressive chambers formed by the orbiting scroll 6 and the fixing scroll 5. And, the discharge pressure gas hole 613a is penetratingly formed to the upper surface of the fixing scroll 5
The valve member 620 is slidably inserted to the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing 610, and an O-ring (not shown) is inserted to the .0 outer circumferential surface for sealing with the valve housing 610.
The elastic member 630 is inserted in the suction pressure space 61 of the valve housing 610, of which one end is supported by the housing stopper 640 that covers an opening of the valve housing 610 and the other end is supported by a suction pressure receiving face (no reference numeral .5 given) of the valve member 620
The elastic member 630 may be inserted into the suction pressure space 611 as mentioned above or may be inserted into the intermediate pressure space 612 in consideration of the intermediate pressure.
The operation of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression : o of a scroll compressor in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention will now be explained with reference to Figures 24A and 24B
Figure 24A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 24B is an explanatory view for showing a normal operation in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention
As shown in the drawings, during a normal operation of the
5 compressor, the coolant gas flows into the intermediate pressure space 612 of the valve housing 610 through the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole 612a to push the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 630 so that the pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 620 is balanced with the elastic force (Fk)
. o of the elastic member 630 applied to the back side and the pressure load (PI x A) of the lower pressure chamber 14 to a degree, according to which the valve member 620 blocks the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a
In this manner, the high pressure gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flown to the suction pressure space 611 of the valve housing 610 through
.5 the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a is prevented from flowing back to the low pressure chamber 14 through the suction pressure-sided gas hole 611a
Figure 25A is a partial vertical-sectional view showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum
: 0 compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 25B is an explanatory view for showing an abnormal operation (high vacuum operation) in the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention As shown in the drawings, in case that the compressor is over- pressured or in case of pump down, the coolant gas of the low pressure chamber 14 and of the compressive chambers are wholly discharged to the high pressure chamber 10, rendering the intermediate pressure chamber of the compressive chamber and the intermediate pressure space 612 of the valve housing 610 to be a vacuum state, and the pressure load (Pm x A) applied to the intermediate pressure receiving face of the valve member 620 is smaller than the force adding the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 630 applied to the back side and the pressure load (PI x A) of the low pressure chamber 14 Resultantly, the valve member 620 is pushed to the intermediate pressure space 612, opening the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a
And, the same time, a portion of the discharge gas of the high pressure chamber 10 flows into the suction pressure space 611 of the valve housing 610 through the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a and then flows back to the low pressure chamber 14 through the suction pressure- sided gas hole 611 a, so that the vacuum state of the compressor is released Thereafter, the valve member 620 overcomes the elastic force (Fk) of the elastic member 630 and the pressure load (PI x A) by virture of the coolant gas flown into the low pressure chamber 14 and is pushed back to the suction pressure space 611 , blocking again the suction pressure-sided gas hole 611 a and the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a
Meanwhile, during the vacuum compression of the compressor, as long as power is not turned off, the drive motor 17 of the compressor is constantly rotated, so that the operation that the compressor is vacuum- pressured and released from the vacuum-compression state by the vacuum prevention unit 600 is repeatedly performed, according to which the valve member 620 performs a successive reciprocal movement with a certain frequency within the valve housing 610.
Figure 26A is a plan view of a fixing scroll in a modification of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 26B is a vertical-sectional view of the fixing scroll in a modification of the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in accordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
Unlike in the above case where the discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613a is formed by one at one side of the circumferential surface of the valve housing 610 upwardly of the fixing scroll 5, in this modification as shown in the drawings, a discharge pressure-sided gas hole 613b is additionally formed communicating with the gas hole 5b of the fixing scroll 5 at the other side of the circumferential surface of the valve housing 610 In this case, since the valve member 620 receives discharge pressure from the both sides in balance, eccentricity of the valve member 620 is prevented. As described above, the compressive chamber as well as the low pressure chamber of the closed container is prevented from a vacuum state, so that hermetic terminal is prevented from damaging possibly caused due to the vacuum state In addition, parts is prevented from degrading caused when the compression mechanism unit is re-compressed, and thus, reliability of the compressor is improved
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
As so far described, according to the apparatus for preventing vacuum
5 compression of a scroll compressor of the present invention, the inside of the compressor is prevented from being an ultra vacuum state by moving the coolant of the high pressure chamber to the low pressure chamber of the inlet so that a motor is protected from breaking down due to a short that may occur in case that the inside of the compressor becomes an ultra vacuum state and
; an incident due to a leakage current can be prevented
In addition, according to the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor, since oil included in the coolant gas leaked through the back pressure line is reserved at the lower storage recess, the trust face of the upper frame is sufficiently lubricated, so that parts can be
5 prevented from abrading
Moreover according to the apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor, damage of the hermetic terminal due to a vacuum compressor occurring as the low pressure chamber is vacuumized can be prevented And, parts are prevented from degrading caused when the o compression mechanism unit is re-compressed, and thus, reliability of the compressor is improved
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the plasma polymerization on the surface of the material of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention Thus it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents
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Claims

1 An apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor comprising a suction tube and a discharge tube each combined to one side of a closed container filled with oil to an adequate height, a fixing scroll having a wrap and a coolant inlet and an outlet, a high and low pressure separating plate installed at the upper side of the fixing scroll, dividing the inside of the closed container into a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber, the high and low pressure separating plate having a gas discharge hole at its central portion, an orbiting scroll having a plurality of compressive chambers for compressing a sucked coolant by being rotatably engaged with the wrap of the fixing scroll at the lower side of the fixing scroll, and having a wrap for rendering each compressive chamber to have different pressure to be successively moved as being turned, and a high vacuum preventing unit installed at the inner side of the body of the fixing scroll
2 The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the high vacuum preventing unit comprising a cylinder formed in the vertical direction inside the body of the fixing
scroll and a balance mass slidably installed inside the cylinder 120 and having a coolant flow groove
3 The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an intermediate hole is formed at the lower side of the balance mass to connect the bottom of the cylinder and the by-pass hole, a high pressure chamber connection hole for communicating the cylinder and the high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber connection hole for communicating the cylinder and the lower pressure chamber are formed at both sides of the balance mass and a communicating unit is formed at one upper side of the balance mass to connect the upper portion of the cylinder and the low pressure chamber
4 The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the coolant flow groove is formed at the outer circumferential surface of the balance mass at the same height as that of the high pressure chamber connection hole and the low pressure chambre connection hole from the bottom of the cylinder so that when the balance mass is positioned at the lower side in the cylinder the coolant of the high pressure chamber can flow to the low pressure chamber through the coolant flow groove
5 The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a spring is installed at the upper portion in the cylinder so as to elastically support the cylinder mass downwardly
The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the high vacuum prevention unit comprising a valve housing formed in the lower pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber of the closed chamber and between the lower pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber so as to communicate with the intermediate pressure chamber while the intermediate pressure chamber is being compressed a valve member slidably inserted into the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing and moved according to the pressure variation of the intermediate pressure chamber depending on the operation state of the compressor to communicate or block the lower pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber to each other, and an elastic member inserted between the valve member and the valve housing to support the valve member and reinforcing the motion of the valve member
7 The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the valve housing is divided into a suction pressure space and an intermediate pressure space by the valve member, to thereby have a valve drift space in the horizontal direction
8 The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein as to the valve housing, a suction pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the suction pressure space to communicate with the low pressure chamber of the closed container an intermediate pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the intermediate pressure space to communicate with the intermediate pressure chamber of the closed container, and a discharge pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the circumferential surface to be opened and closed by the valve member to communicate with the high pressure chamber of the closed container
9 The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a valve stopper unit is provided at the intermediate pressure space of the valve housing so as to block the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole
ι o 10 The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the valve stopper unit is a hooking member fixedly inserted into the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing
11 The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the valve stopper 15 unit is a protrusion formed at the inner circumferential surface of the valve housing
12 The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein another suction pressure-sided gas hole is additionally provided at the circumferential surface
20 of the valve housing to be opened by the valve member to communicate with the low pressure chamber, besides the discharge pressure-sided gas hole
13 The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein one of the suction pressure-sided gas hole is penetratingly formed to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing scroll while the other of the suction pressure-sided gas hole is penetratingly formed to the low pressure chamber among the plurality of compressive chambers formed by the orbiting scroll and the fixing scroll
14 The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the intermediate pressure-sided gas hole is penetratingly formed to the intermediate pressure chamber among the plurality of compressive chambers formed by the orbiting scroll and the fixing scroll
15 The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein The elastic member is inserted in the suction pressure space of the valve housing
16 The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the valve housing is divided into the intermediate pressure space and the discharge pressure space by the valve member so as to have a valve drift space in the vertical direction
17 The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein, as to the valve housing, a suction press-sided gas hole is formed at the circumferential surface to be opened and closed by the valve member to communicated with the low pressure chamber, an intermediate pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the intermediate pressure space to communicate with the intermediate pressure chamber of the closed container, and a discharge pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the discharge pressure space to be opened and closed together with the suction pressure-sided gas hole by the valve member so as to communicate with the high pressure chamber of the closed container
18 The apparatus according to claim 17 wherein the discharge pressure-sided gas hole is formed smaller than the inner diameter of the valve housing so that the cross section of the discharge pressure receiving face of the valve member is smaller than the cross-section of the suction pressure receiving face
19 The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein a volume protrusion is formed at one side of the valve member corresponding to the inner side end of the discharge pressure-sided gas hole so as to be slidably inserted into the discharge pressure-sided gas hole
20 The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the elastic member is inserted in the intermediate pressure space of the valve housing 21 The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the valve housing is divided into a suction pressure space and an intermediate pressure space by the valve member to have a valve drift space in the vertical direction in which a suction pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the suction pressure space to be opened and closed by the valve member to communicate with the low pressure chamber, an intermediate pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the intermediate pressure space to communicate with the intermediate pressure chamber and at least one discharge pressure-sided gas hole is formed at the circumferential surface to be opened and closed by the valve member along with the suction pressure-sided gas hole to communicate with the high pressure chamber.
22. The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the discharge pressure-sided gas holes are formed at equal intervals at the circumference of the same height.
23 The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the elastic member is inserted in the suction pressure space of the valve housing
24. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the elastic member is additionally inserted in the intermediate pressure space of the valve housing.
25 An apparatus for preventing vacuum compression of a scroll compressor in which the fixing scroll and the orbiting scroll are rotated in the compressive chamber to compress a coolant and oil supplied through an oil passage is supplied to a trust face of an upper frame of the scroll compressor as a drive shaft is being rotated, including: a back pressure line formed at the orbiting scroll so that a compressive chamber can communicate with the trust face to discharge a portion of the coolant gas compressed in the compressive chamber of the scroll compressor to the low pressure chamber 26 The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein a lower storage recess is formed at the upper surface of the upper frame, a lower side of the outlet port of the back pressure line
27 An apparatus for preventing vacuum generation of a scroll compressor in which a valve stopper is combined to the upper portion of a discharge hole formed at the fixing scroll, a check valve is installed in the scroll compressor to be moved upwardly and downwardly along a guide face of the inside of the valve stopper to control flowing of the coolant gas of high pressure and high temperature compressed in the compressive chamber, to open and close the discharge hole of the fixing scroll, including a mutually communicating by-pass hole for by-passing a high pressured coolant gas to a low pressure side at the time when the check valve closes the discharge hole of the fixing scroll
28 The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein at least one bypass hole is formed both in the inner side of the valve stopper and in the fixing scroll
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29 The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the by-pass hole existing at the inner side of the valve stopper is formed at a position where it can be opened when the check valve is lowered down and nears the fixing scroll 30 The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein a guide groove is formed at the upper portion of the discharge hole of the fixing scroll on which the check valve is mounted
31 The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the by-pass hole formed at the inner side of the valve stopper and the by-pass hole formed at the fixing scroll have different size
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